Winifred Nicholson

Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British painter. She was married to the painter Ben Nicholson, and was thus the daughter-in-law of the painter William Nicholson and his wife, the painter Mabel Pryde. She was the mother of the painter Kate Nicholson.

Winifred Nicholson
Nicholson in 1969, photographed by Pamela Chandler
Born
Rosa Winifred Roberts

(1893-12-21)21 December 1893
Oxford, England
Died5 March 1981(1981-03-05) (aged 87)
EducationByam Shaw School of Art
Known forStill-life, landscape
Spouse
(m. 1920; div. 1938)
Children3, including Kate Nicholson
Websitewinifrednicholson.com

Winifred Nicholson was a colourist who developed a personal impressionistic style, concentrating on domestic still life objects and landscapes. She often combined the two subjects as seen in her painting From Bedroom Window, Bankshead showing a landscape viewed through a window, with flowers in a vase in the foreground.

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